“The Father Commandeth All Men Everywhere to Repent and Believe in Me”

"…God's love (understood as his desire for a relationship with us) is unconditional. In fact, God commands all men and women everywhere to repent and come to him (3 Nephi 11:32). He desires to redeem us, to glorify and exalt us equally and unconditionally. Does God desire to have an eternal relationship with all his children? Yes, and in this sense God's love is unconditional. 'All are invited, none is excluded.' But it takes two people to have a relationship. A relationship, by definition, requires two points of reference, and only some of God's children love him back and agree to enter into the desired relationship. He does not initially love them any more than the others, but in time the relationship of love that is possible with them is much, much greater than it is with those who reject him. They 'abide in his love.' (Jn 15:10)

"Many of God's children will not love him. They will not accept the proposal of the Bridegroom, though he loves them dearly. They will never experience the joys the gospel marriage brings. However, that is not because God is unwilling or because they failed to meet conditions that would have rendered him willing. It is because they will not accept his proposal; they will not come to the wedding. Though he loved them first, they did not love him back, and by their choice the relationship will not be as great as it might have been—they refuse to 'abide in his love.'" (Stephen R. Robinson, Following Christ, p. 149 - 150)